We’ve decided it best to give an even greater notice for our upcoming countryside rides. So, with 3 weeks until the next one, here is the plan for our greater tours of the Sichuan countryside.
June 11th we’ll be hosting our Ziyang Reservoir Ride. This ride, stretching the roughly 70km from Ziyang (资阳) to Taiping Village (太平镇) just to the south of Longquanyi (龙泉驿). Mostly flat with some small hills, this ride passes by the beautiful Sancha Lake (三岔胡) before one final climb and descent to the finish. The registration deadline is June 8th.
June 25th we’ll be hosting our Renshou Ride. This ride is just short of 70km stretching from Renshou to Ziyang. South of the Longquan mountain range, expect mostly flat terrain with a few slight rolling hills as we wind our way through the countryside. The registration deadline is June 22nd. Read more
There’s an old saying. You can’t afford to buy anything cheap. The meaning is very straightforward. The extra cost of maintaining, fixing and regularly replacing some cheap broken thing is greater than just spending the extra on something of quality from the start.
There’s an old saying. You can’t afford to buy anything cheap. The meaning is very straightforward. The extra cost of maintaining, fixing and regularly replacing some cheap broken thing is greater than just spending the extra on something of quality from the start. Read more
We’re pretty popular here at Natooke. Between all the bikes, the rides, the people and activities there’s a lot going on. This makes it kind of tough to answer everyone’s questions all the time. So we’ve decided to compile a list of information that can concisely answer the most common questions! Read more
Maybe you read the re-cap of our mountain bike race in Tibet. You likely noticed this machine in some of the photos. We wrote a full review of this bike. Check it out over at the Source Cycles blog! Photo credits, Tyler Bowa of Factory Five.
And yes. This bike was a blast to ride.
Natooke Chengdu’s got a lot of events coming up with the start of Summer. Best way to keep up with it all? WeChat! Scan the above QR code to follow all the cool stuff we’ve got going on!
For this month’s countryside ride we’ll be heading out to Hongkou, a small village at the edge of the mountains just outside Dujiangyan. For this event we’ll be doing things a little different. We’ll be organizing cars to carry riders out to the area. You must arrive at Natooke by 7:30 a.m. We’ll depart at 8 a.m. sharp. We’ll also be supplying riders with food and drink. To join for this ride you must register in advance. You can either register at the Natooke shop or via WeChat. The cost per rider is ¥200. If you need to rent a bicycle, please add ¥50. You must register by April 20th. This ride has two routes. The route for intermediate rider’s is roughly 50km with a 400 meter climb. The advanced rider’s will cover over 90km with more than 600 meters of climbing.
Curious what the ride’s like? Check out more photos below!
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This month we have 9 events in the pipeline.
Check out the the below list of events and activities we have in store:
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Be sure to join us this Friday Night Ride.
Sets out at 8:00pm! This week we will take our break at Pizza Corner!
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Bring your bike and be here by 8:00pm, Wednesday April 6th!
Tag along and see if you can’t keep up.
Our special Black Tie Ride last week as a huge success. Once glance through the pictures and you get a feel for the vibe of this event. 
With over 50 riders all dressed to the nines we had an insanely good time.
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